A Quiet and Distractible Day

This image is titled "The Distracted Reader". It is from Rick and Brenda Beerhorst, and found on Wikimedia Commons. A seated person in a collared red shirt and a knee-length skirt is holding a book open. Rather than looking at the book, they are looking down at a black cat that is trying to climb onto their lap.

Hello!

During this Month of Blogging Daily, I have been posting updates about my day on weekends, in lieu of a more structured blog post. This strategy works well when my day has been eventful, but it works less well for quiet days like today. My activities today have been:

going to Quaker meeting with my family. My family was signed up for refreshments, so we set up the multipurpose room for post-worship snacking and cleaned after snack time was over.
waiting for my mom to get out of a meeting.
eating lunch at El Pollo Loco.
reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
eating leftover bagels and cookies.
watching The Goldbergs with my family.
watching Superstore by myself.
browsing a new-to-me tarot blog.
discovering a weird and painful blue spot on my left elbow.
sitting down to write this blog post.

In general, I am feeling much better than I did yesterday. I managed to get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night, and I woke up at 8:30 AM this morning. I have been very distractible, but otherwise I am doing well.

Best wishes,

Lydia

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